[絵本] 〔１２〕天衣紛上野初花中幕下

武田交来 (勝次郎) 編, 梅堂国政画 · 1881 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 19 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1881, published by Okura Magobei, with woodblock-style illustrations by Umedo Kunimasa and text compiled by Takeda Kōrai, made for popular readers who knew kabuki stories. The pictures show stylised samurai and townspeople in patterned kimono, seated and standing in interior and street settings with text columns beside them, offering a designer strong examples of bold patterned textiles, dense black-and-white line work, and vertical text layout.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library